Honorary Awards
Since 2006, Liverpool Hope University has awarded a number of Honorary Doctorates and Senior Fellowships. The awards acknowledge the recipients' contribution to society, particularly where their work in particular areas aligns closely to the University's mission, values and aims.
The following distinguished recipients have received awards form the University:
| Name | Award | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christine Allen | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2024 |
| Sr Imelda Poole IBVM | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2024 |
| Mr Malik Al Nasir | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2024 |
| Mr Richard Scott | Senior Fellowship | 2024 |
| Mr Dan Kay | Doctor of Letters honoris causa (posthumous) | 2023 |
| Dr Carolyn Bishop | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2023 |
| Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2023 |
| Mr David Morrissey | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2023 |
| Fr Denis Blackledge SJ | Senior Fellowship | 2023 |
| Professor Nigel Osborne | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2022 |
| Mr Ian Cosh | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2022 |
| Ms Anna Rothery | Senior Fellowship | 2022 |
| Dr Margaret Ashwell | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2022 |
| Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald | Doctor of Divinity | 2022 |
| Dr Rita Gardner | Doctor of Science | 2022 |
| Revd Sir Ralph Waller KBE | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2021 |
|
The Revd Canon Malcolm Rogers MBE
|
Senior Fellowship
|
2020
|
|
Mrs Lynne Tembey OBE,
|
Senior Fellowship
|
2020
|
| Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2020 |
| Professor Christopher Rowland | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2019 |
| Sir Peter Lampl | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2019 |
| Archbishop Paul Gallagher | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2019 |
| Professor Monica Grady | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2019 |
| Professor Simon Armitage | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2019 |
| Sir Christopher Stone | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2018 |
| Dame Colette Bowe | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2018 |
| Mr David Suchet | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2017 |
| Sr Maura O'Carroll | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2017 |
| Canon Andrew White | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2017 |
| Professor James Keaton | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2017 |
| Président-Recteur Pierre Giorgini | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2017 |
| Mrs Enid Lodge | Senior Fellowship | 2017 |
| Mr Philip Lodge | Senior Fellowship | 2017 |
| Professor John A Schembri | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2016 |
| Dame Lorna Muirhead | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2016 |
| Professor Simon Lee | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2016 |
| Mr Trevor Hicks | Senior Fellowship | 2016 |
| Ms Margaret Aspinall | Senior Fellowship | 2016 |
| Dr Marilyn Robinson | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2015 |
| Professor Roger Brown | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2015 |
| Mr Ken Loach | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2015 |
| Ms Lyse Doucet | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2015 |
| Mr Trevor Lyttleton | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2015 |
| Jan Cardinal Korec | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2014 |
| Ms Anne Lonsdale | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2014 |
| Ms Winfred Robinson | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2014 |
| Fr Thomas Mathew | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2013 |
| Professor Harry Burns | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2013 |
| Revd Professor Frances Young | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2013 |
| Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2013 |
| Dr Mohammad Akbar Ali | Senior Fellowship | 2013 |
| Sister Cyril Mooney, IBVM | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2012 |
| Professor E Rex Makin | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2012 |
| Dame Mary Tanner | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2012 |
| Professor Andrew Walls | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2012 |
| Professor Lamin Sanneh | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2012 |
| Canon James Collins | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2012 |
| Bishop Vincent Malone | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2012 |
| Dr James Burke | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2012 |
| Mr Max Steinberg | Senior Fellowship | 2012 |
| Councillor Jane Corbett | Senior Fellowship | 2012 |
| Mr Andrew Cornall | Senior Fellowship | 2012 |
| Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2011 |
| Revd Bienvenido Nebres | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2011 |
| His Eminence Dr Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2011 |
| President Patricia McGuire | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2011 |
| Revd Mgr Jack Kennedy | Senior Fellowship | 2011 |
| Revd Peter Morgan | Senior Fellowship | 2011 |
| Mrs Rosemary Hawley | Senior Fellowship | 2011 |
| Revd Canon Anthony Hawley | Senior Fellowship | 2011 |
| Revd Michael Lapsley | Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa | 2010 |
| Ms Cherie Booth QC | Doctor of Laws honoris causa | 2010 |
| Sir Anthony Kenny | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2010 |
| Professor Rajmohan Gandhi | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2010 |
| Mr Ken Dodd | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2010 |
| Revd Canon Michael Wolfe | Senior Fellowship | 2010 |
| Dr Robert Fisk | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2009 |
| Right Revd James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2009 |
| Most Revd Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2009 |
| Mr Vasily Petrenko | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2009 |
| Sir Jeremy Isaacs | Doctor of Letters honoris causa | 2009 |
| Mrs Judith Henderson | Senior Fellowship | 2009 |
| Mr Gerald Henderson | Senior Fellowship | 2009 |
| Sister Eileen Kelleher SND | Doctor of Education honoris causa | 2008 |
| Ms Chiara Lubich | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2008 |
| Revd Dr Kevin Kelly | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2007 |
| Right Revd Mgr Canon Peter Cookson | Doctor of Divinity honoris causa | 2007 |
| Mrs Gee Walker | Senior Fellowship | 2007 |
| Revd Canon Huw Thomas | Senior Fellowship | 2007 |
| Sr Catherine Hughes (former Principal of Notre Dame College) | Senior Fellowship | 2006 |
| Revd Mgr Bernard Doyle (former Principal of Christ's College) | Senior Fellowship | 2006 |
| Dr Geoffrey Barnard (former Principal of S. Katharine's College) | Senior Fellowship | 2006 |